transmarine

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Joaquin Jose Monteiro Torres, minister of marine, and secretary for transmarine affairs.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria

Such intelligence the Hebridians probably receive from their transmarine correspondents. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

For the security of the new possessions Metellus adopted the device, still rare in the case of transmarine dependencies, of planting colonies on the conquered land.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, are to be separated from England, which is of course to detach itself from all its transmarine dependencies.

From Auguste Comte and Positivism by Mill, John Stuart

While the kingdom of France was weak, monarchs like Henry II. and Richard I. might dream of extending their transmarine possessions to the detriment of their suzerain at Paris.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various